Cake-turner.



No. 627,536. Patented lune 27, I899.

W. J. SCHULTZ.

CAKE TURNER.

(Application filed Apr. 18, 1898.) (No Model.)

UNITED "STAT S WILLIAM J. SCHULTZ,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.;

CAKE-TURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,536, dated. June 27, 1899.

Application filed April 1 8, 1 8 9 8.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. SCHULTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cake-Turners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. 1

This invention relates to improvements in cake-turners, and has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be of a very convenient nature, so as to be better adapted for use, and of a compact, simple, and inexpensive construction not liable to become broken or deranged by use.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts of the improved cake-turner, whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is made simpler, cheaper, and otherwise better adapted and more convenient for use, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the claim.

In order that myinvention may be the better understood, I have illustrated the same in i the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a top View of the improved caketurner, and Fig. 2 is an edge View of the same.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the turning-plate of the device in its reversed Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken transversely through the turning-plate position.

and showing the arrangement of the lugs which serve to connect said plate to the han- *dle of the device.

prises a handle and a turning-plate pivotally cake upon the griddle, as will be readily understood. The handle is formed of a wire or strip of spring metal bent to form arms 1 and 2, parallel with each other and connected at $erial No. 678,072. (No model.)

their free ends to the turning-plate, the op posite ends of said arms being connected by a coil or loop 3, bent at the central part of the formed, so as to give the requisite degree of elasticity to the arms 1 and 2 thereof. The coil or loop also serves to permit a better grip to be had by the hand upon the handle and forms a convenient means by which the device may be suspended when not in use.

The free ends of the arms 1 and 2 of the handle are flattened, as shown at 4 in Fig. 8, and are connected to the under side of the turning-plate 5, one of said arms being connected pivotally with said plate 5, while the other arm is movable toward and away from said first-named arm, owing to the elasticity of the spring metal of which the handle is formed, and is provided with a screw or worm Connection with said turning-plate, as will be hereinafter explained, so that when said lastnamed arm is moved toward the other arm of the handle said connection will serve to actuate said turning-plate and swing it pivotally upon the handle.

6 6 indicate semicircular openings or apertures cut or punched in the central part of the turning-plate, the'metal portions? thus loosened being bent down at right angles beneath the turning-plate, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, so as to form lugs depending under the same, one of which lugs is provided with a circular aperture 8 to receive a rivet 9, passed through an opening in the flattened end .4 of the arm 1 of the handle, while the other lug is formed with a slotted opening 10 to receive a screw or worm 11, formed of a strip or piece of metal bent into shape and arranged to play lengthwise in said opening 10', being secured to the flattened end 4 of the arm 2 of the handle so as to project laterally from said handle in position to engage said I opening. As shown in the drawings, the device com- In use the cake to be turned is taken .upon the turning-plate 5, said plate being held normally in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by the elasticity of the arms 1 and 2 of the handle, which tend to hold the worm or screw pressed outwardly through the opening 10, the rear edge of the plate 5 being in engagement with the handle, as shown at 12in Fig. 2, so that the front edge of the plate is premetal wire or strip of which the handle is vented from movement when inserted beneath the cake for lifting the same. The cake being in place upon the turn ing-plate, the arms 1 and 2 of the handle are pressed toward each other, causing the arm 2, which alone is free to move, to approach the arm 1 and forcing the worm or screw 11 endwise through the opening 10, so as to impart a quick turning movement to the plate 5, whereby the cake held thereon will be turned or fiapped over and deposited upon the griddle, as will be readily understood.

The construction of the device as above described is extremely simple and inexpensive, since it permits an economy in the use of sheet metal for the turning-plate 5 by the formation of the lugs 7 for connection with the handle by punching or cutting at the central part ofthe plate, the smooth upper surface of the plate being unimpaired. The construction also permits an economy in the use of metal for the worm or screw 11 and a simplification of the connections between the arms of the handle and the lugs of the plate by the arrangement of these parts and is not liable to become deranged or broken in use, the working parts being housed and protected by the closely-adjacent lugs 7 against being bent or displaced.

From the above description it will be seen that the improved cake-turner'is of an extremely simple and inexpensive nature and is especially well adapted for use, since it is strong and capable of convenient manipula-' tion, and it will also be seen that the device is capable of some modification without material departure from the principles and spirit of the invention, and for that reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form and arrangement of the several parts herein set forth.

Having thus described my i11vention,\vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A cake-turner comprising a turning-plate having openings punched or cut in its central part, the metal loosened by such punching or cutting being bent to form lugs depending beneath the plate, one of said lugs having a slotted opening formed in it, and a handle consisting of a metal strip or wire bent to form arms one of which is pivoted to one lug of the turning-plate and the other of which is movable toward said firstenamed arm and has at its end a laterally-projecting screw or worm engaging the slotted opening of the other lug of the turning-plate and arranged to swing said plate pivotally upon the handle when the last-named arm is moved, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I atllx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM .T. SCHULTZ.

\Vi tncsses:

JOHN E. JONES, J. L. CUTLER. 

